Belt-truss



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM H. REYNOLDS, OF BUFFALO, NEWY YORK.

BELT-TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,747. dated January 25, 1859.

full and exact deserlption thereof. reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings and' to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of iny invention consists in the peculiar construction, combination and arrangement of the parts of which niy iinproved truss is constructed. as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure I. is a plan of niy improved truss, all the parts being arranged together. Fig. Il is a plan of the T spring conical spring and plate. Fig. III is a side elevation of the T spring. conical Spring and slide.

A. (Fig. I). belt. made of soft leather (or partly of leather and partly of cloth) which buckles around the body of the patient.

B. pad. I obtained Letters Patent of the United States for this forni of pad, dated .Iune 1st. 1858.

C. perineal strap. This is made of soft pliable leather. and is sewed. or otherwise fastened to the belt. it ineloses the perpendicular part of the T spring and passes down between and around the thigh and connected with the buckle (l.

E. (Fig. II.) represents a T si ing made 0f brass or other suitable metal. It is sewed into the belt, and perineal strap. as represented by the dotted lines f, (Fig. I) the lower or perpendicular part passing between the thighs.

(il. plate which forms a base for the support of the eonieal spring` (Il.) i

H. eonieal spring'. upon the top of whieh the pad is supported.

I. slide. This is inade fast to the under side of the plate G. The perpendicular part of the T spring passes through this slide. and is nicely fitted thereto. so that the plate G. eonieal springtr and pad. niay be inoved up or down on the T spring'.

ln applying this truss. the belt should be buckled loosely around the body of the patient. and adjusted in sueh a way as to bring the eoneave base of the pad against the front side of the pelvic bone. and the oval 'ti-.lee of the pad directly in Contact with the hernia. The perineal strap. is then buckled as tightly or as loosely. as the eonditiou of the patient may require. this arrangement of the several parts. inake the truss easily worn. and adjustable to all eonditions of the patient. and renders it nearly impossible for the hernia to escape from the pad.

This truss is believed to be a Lgreat iniprovenient upon any other forni of truss heretofore used. and is perfectly successful for the. purpose designed.

that I elaini as niy invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The eoinbination of the T spring E with the eonieal springr Il. pad B. belt and perineal strap C. the whole being arranged substantiallyY as shown.

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